High School DMD

Prologue: The History of the Great War

Cover Image: Sparda and Mundus crossing swords with Michael and Azazel and the silhouttes of the Four Satans standing behind them

Eons ago, there was a civil war that raged in the heavens, the Grand Archangel Mundus, who had grown tired of God's peaceful reign and ideals of equality, led a rebellion, in the name of proving the angel race's superiority over all creation, the heavens were thrown into chaos as Mundus amassed an army to fight for his cause and fought until the last man, near the end of the war, Mundus crossed swords with his fellow Archangel, his own younger brother, Michael, the two siblings fought to the death, but in the end, Michael was victorious, but even in defeat, Mundus's actions were felt, because he managed to wound God with a cursed blade and on his deathbed, God named Michael his successor.

Michael's first act as the Supreme Ruler of Heaven was to banish Mundus and his followers. Most of the traitors were exiled and became the second race, the Fallen Angels, but Mundus's punishment was far greater, for the grand crime of murdering God, he and his elite legions were imprisoned in Hell for eternity, signalling the birth of the third race, the Devils, inhabitants of hell and the products of Mundus's vast hatred and arrogance.

All three sides battled each other like hated enemies, each with personal reasons. The Angels wanted to avenge God by destroying the Fallen Angels and Devils. The Fallen Angels blamed both Michael and Mundus for their suffering and sought to destroy them both and the Devils wished for supremacy and vengeance, and fought fiercely to destroy their opposition and oppressors.

All seemed lost for the Devils, since they were hunted down by the Angels and Fallen Angels alike, but in their darkest hour, a hero arose from Mundus's army, the Devil Knight Sparda, who along with his most trusted lieutenants and valued friends, the Four Satans, pushed back the Angels and Fallen Angels, ensuring the survival of the Devil Race.

An uneasy peace was accomplished, and the Devils lived to see another day, but that wasn't enough for Mundus, who in his infinite greed and wrath, ruled over Hell with an iron fist, as an undisputed tyrant. Mundus set his sights on God's most prized creation, the Human race and waged yet another bloody war. Sparda saw how Mundus brutally tortured and killed the humans in the name of his cruel ambition, unable to bear such indiscriminate cruelty to the Humans and Mundus's tyrannical rule over his fellow Devils, awoke to justice and took up his sword against Mundus. Sparda, along with the Four Satans and a few brave Demon Clans, fought the Devil Empire. In the final battle, the Four Satans were lost and Sparda sacrificed his own powers to seal Mundus and to separate the Human and Demon worlds.

The Three Races still remained in conflict, but the losses on all sides led to the Kuoh Treaty signed by The Archangel Michael, the Fallen Angel Azazel, the successors of the Four Satans and Sparda himself, signalling the beginning of the end to the Great War.

Sparda lived out his life in the Human World, and fell in love with a human woman named Eva, who bore twin sons, Dante and Vergil, the family lived happily, but Sparda suddenly vanished without a trace, and the sealed Mundus commanded his forces to kill Eva out of vengeance towards Sparda. Dante and Vergil were separated by that tragedy, now both twins live out with their father's legacy and their mother's memory.

Author's note: The prologue is done! This is a history chapter depicting how this universe came to be, the actual story will start next chapter. High School DMD is one of my most anticipated projects; I've gotten private messages about it and have spoken to some other members. Dante's circumstances will be far different from Issei's and Vergil will play a big role from the very start. Both Dante and Vergil will be getting their own harems and Sparda's legacy will play a major role in this story.